Practical Strategies for Technical Communication with LaunchPad
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Mixed media product
978-1-319-00605-1 (ISBN)
Description
In today's constantly changing workplace, it's important to keep up with strategies for successful communication, whether it happens through email, websites, presentations, social media, or cover letters. Practical Strategies for Technical Communication helps get students up to speed with a concise, accessible guide to everything they need to know about audience and purpose, document design, research, style, and more. In the third edition, noted scholar and teacher Stuart A. Selber joins the author team. Ideal for students taking Technical Communication, Professional Writing or Professional Communication courses, as well as Writing for Engineers, or Business Writing/Communication courses.
Practical Strategies for Technical Communication is available with LaunchPad. LaunchPad combines an interactive ebook with high-quality multimedia content and ready-made assessment options, including LearningCurve adaptive quizzing. See 'Instructor Resources' and 'Student Resources' for further information.
Practical Strategies for Technical Communication is available with LaunchPad. LaunchPad combines an interactive ebook with high-quality multimedia content and ready-made assessment options, including LearningCurve adaptive quizzing. See 'Instructor Resources' and 'Student Resources' for further information.
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Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Macmillan Learning
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Book + Access Card. 2 volume-set.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-319-00605-1 (9781319006051)
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Persons
Mike Markel was director of technical communication at Boise State University. The former editor of IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, he is the author of numerous articles and six books about technical communication, including Ethics and Technical Communication: A Critique and Synthesis.
Stuart A. Selber is Associate Professor of English at Penn State and Director of The Penn State Digital English Studio. He is a past president and Fellow of the Association of Teachers of Technical Writing, a past president of the Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication, and a past chair of the CCCC Committee on Technical Communication. Selber is the author of Multiliteracies for a Digital Age, co-editor of Central Works in Technical Communication and Solving Problems in Technical Communication, and editor of Rhetorics and Technologies: New Directions in Writing and Communicationand Computers and Technical Communication: Pedagogical and Programmatic Perspectives. He has received several national awards for outstanding research publications.
Stuart A. Selber is Associate Professor of English at Penn State and Director of The Penn State Digital English Studio. He is a past president and Fellow of the Association of Teachers of Technical Writing, a past president of the Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication, and a past chair of the CCCC Committee on Technical Communication. Selber is the author of Multiliteracies for a Digital Age, co-editor of Central Works in Technical Communication and Solving Problems in Technical Communication, and editor of Rhetorics and Technologies: New Directions in Writing and Communicationand Computers and Technical Communication: Pedagogical and Programmatic Perspectives. He has received several national awards for outstanding research publications.
Content
Part 1 Working in the Technical-Communication Environment.- 1 Introduction to Technical Communication.- 2 Understanding Ethical and Legal Obligations.- 3 Writing Collaboratively.- Part 2 Planning and Drafting the Document.- 4 Analyzing Your Audience and Purpose.- 5 Researching Your Subject.- 6 Writing for Your Readers.- Part 3 Designing User-Friendly Documents and Websites.- 7 Designing Print and Online Documents.- 8 Creating Graphics.- Part 4 Learning Important Applications.- 9 Writing Correspondence.- 10 Writing Job-Application Materials.- 11 Writing Proposals.- 12 Writing Informational Reports.- 13 Writing Recommendation Reports.- 14 Writing Definitions, Descriptions, and Instructions.- 15 Making Oral Presentations.- APPENDIX Reference Handbook.- A Documenting Your Sources.- B Editing and Proofreading Your Documents.- References.- Index.